Desperate Days

Chapter Two-Unforgivables

Dumbledore apparated right outside of number 4. A minute later Tonks, Lupin, and Moody appeared next to him.

"Why are we here Albus?"

"Something's wrong. The alarms placed around the Dursleys' residence went off."

"You're not telling us something Albus. What else happened?"

"The only under-age magic that the Ministry is monitoring is the use of the Unforgiveables. For some reason they detected that one of them has been used here."

Dumbledore, Tonks, Lupin, and Moody made their way to the front door of number 4 with their wands drawn. Instead of waiting for anyone to come to the door, Dumbledore unlocked it magically.

Lupin led the way to Harry's room with Tonks right behind him.

The door was closed but not locked so Lupin cautiously opened it. The room was completely dark.

None of them could see anything so they lit their wands.

The sight they saw was absolutely gruesome. Tonks covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom. Lupin fell to his knees and started crying.

Harry was laying on the floor with blood everywhere. His arms and legs were bleeding as well as his head. He wasn't moving at all and his wand was laying a couple feet away from his hand. Harry looked deathly thin and his clothes looked like they were just hanging on his gaunt frame.

Dumbledore picked up Harry's wand and pointed his own at it. "Prior incantato."

A ghost of the Cruciatus curse came out of the end of Harry's wand.

Moody pulled Harry onto his back and shot a beam of light out of the end of his wand and it Harry in the middle of his chest. "He suffered the cruciatus curse."

Tonks came back into the room and tried to comfort Lupin who had moved next to Harry's body. "Is there any trace of anyone else being here or a struggle?"

Dumbledore muttered a spell and a strange blue light surrounded the room and evaporated. "No, there's nothing."

"So you mean that Harry used the Cruciatus curse on himself."

"That seems to be the case Remus."

Down the hall the floor creaked and a bedroom door opened and closed as someone came out into the hallway.

"What the bloody hell are you doing here," asked Vernon Dursley from the hall outside of his nephew's room.

"Mr. Dursley, we are here to give your nephew medical attention. He cast a curse on himself that caused great pain."

"Get out of my house."

"We are going to leave but we will be taking Harry with us. He needs medical attention and it is the kind that cannot be given in a muggle hospital."

"I DON'T BLOODY CARE! JUST GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"

Dumbledore turned to Lupin. "Take Harry to Hogwarts and inform Poppy of the situation. After you have done so, return to Grimmauld Place. Do not answer any questions until I return. In the morning, I would like you to go to the Grangers' and pick-up Hermione. Send an owl first and inform them that you are coming. Hermione is to stay at Grimmauld Place until the end of the summer."

Remus picked Harry up and apparated to Hogsmeade just outside Hogwarts' gates.

"WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE? I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!"

Tonks and Moody quickly packed all of Harry's belongings into his school chest.

Tonks shrunk the trunk and put it into her pocket then followed as Remus had and apparated to Hogsmeade.

Dumbledore and Moody apparated away from Private Drive and back to Grimmauld Place. As soon as they entered the kitchen, Dumbledore was assaulted with questions, most of them from Molly Weasley.

"What happened Albus?"

"Is Harry alright?"

"What's going on?"

The questions didn't stop until Dumbledore held up his hand to quiet the people standing in the crowded kitchen. "There will be an Order meeting tomorrow. Everything will be explained then. For now, I must get back to Hogwarts."

Dumbledore exited the house and apparated to Hogsmeade, making his way to the castle from there.

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Chapter 3 should be up soon.